Terminology

Weight Class Definitions;

(Clan BattleMechs are in Blue and italiziced)
InnerSphere Names for Clan Mechs are in ( ) with the wieght following the name

MW2: Mercenaries

MW3

MW4

Light;(up to 35 Tons)

up to 35 Tons

Adder (Puma) 35	FireFly 30
	Owens 30

	Flea 20
Cougar 35	Osiris 30
Adder (Puma) 35	Raven 35
	WolfHound 35

Medium (40 to 55 Tons)

40 to 55 Tons

ShadowCat 45	Strider 40
Nova (BlackHawk) 50	Bushwacker 55

ShadowCat 45	Chimera 40
	Hellspawn 45
	Uziel 50
	BushWacker 55

Heavy (60 to 75 Tons)

60 to 75 Tons

MadDog (Vulture) 60	Champion 60
Summoner (Thor) 70	Avatar 70
TimberWolf (MadCat) 75	Orion 75

MadDog (Vulture) 60	Argus 60
Hellbringer (Loki) 65	Catapult 65
Summonor (Thor) 70	Thanatos 75
NovaCat 70
TimberWolf (MadCat) 75

Assault (80 Tons and above)

80 Tons and above

SuperNova 90	Sunder 80
DireWolf (Diashi) 100	Annihilator 100

MadCat II 95*	Awesome 80
DireWolf (Diashi) 100	Mauler 90
	Atlas 100

*this is most certainly an Inner Sphere Designation only

Weapon configuration modification definitions

Table is for quick reference, see Descriptions below for more detail	Common / StarLance	BattleZone
Stock	C0	T1
Energy only	C1	T2
Energy and Ballistics only	C2	T4
Missiles and Balllistics only	C3	T5
Missiles and Energy	C4	T3
Ballistics only	C5
Full Mods	C6	T6
Missiles only	C7

C0 -- Stock weapons; The are the configurations that are shipped with the game and that cannot be deleted. There is always one Stock configuration for each chassis. In MechWarrior2: Mercenaries and MechWarrior4 the first BattleMech in a chassis has no designator. If there are more "stock variants" in MW2 they are simply designated as 'A', 'B', and so on. In MW3, the "first" stock BattleMech is disignated as Prime, with variants as Alternate A, Alternate B, etc. In MW4, you only get the one stock.

C1 -- Energy Weapons Only; This refers to Lasers, Pulse Lasers, PPC's, and Flamers.

C2 -- Energy and Projectile only, No missiles; Any combination of Lasers, Pulse Lasers PPC's,Flamers, LBX, AC, Gauss and Machine Guns.

C3 -- Missles and Projectile only, No energy; Any combination of Lrm, Srm, Ssrm, Narc, LBX, AC,Gauss and Machine Guns

C4 -- Missles and Energy only, No projectiles; Any combination of Lrm, Srm, Ssrm, Narc, Lasers,Pulse Lasers, PPC's and Flamers.

C5 -- Ballistic Weapons Only; Here the weapons are restricted the slug throwing weapons. Machine Guns, LBx, AutoCannon, Ultra AutoCannon, and Guass Rifles.

C6 -- Full Modifications; This means any thing you want to put on that BattleMech you can.

C7 -- Missiles only; AMS and Narc can be used in this category also since they are in support of (Narc) or defend against (AMS) missile weapons.